Series by Mícheál Mac Donncha chronicling the road to the 1916 Rising as seen through the pages of An tÓglach – The Irish Volunteer from 24 April 1915 to 22 April 1916 Free article

Theresa Villiers’s University of Ulster speech has deepened, not lessened, the impasse which is stopping progress on dealing with the past Free article

Naoise Ó Faoláin is the great-great-nephew of Ringsend man Patrick Whelan, killed in action during the Rising Free article

Two-year wait for retraction but statement accepted in good faith Free article

Unforgivable for Fianna Fáil to volunteer to prop up a second Fine Gael term, says Sinn Féin's Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Free article

The Corr sisters travelled to Dublin for the Rising Free article

Government parties and media play politics while crime gangs run amok Free article

International panel of speakers and arguably the world's leading progressive economic thinker to share experiences with Ireland Free article

Easing the burden on working families, investing €10billion in public services and addressing the housing and health crisis are priorities for Sinn Féin Free article

Spain gives permission for visit – then blocks activist from seeing Basque leader Free article